4507 x 3380 px | 38,2 x 28,6 cm | 15 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
16 juillet 2015
Lieu:
Cheshire, England
Informations supplémentaires:
The Buff-tip is a medium-sized moth that is on the wing at night from June to July. It is quite a common moth in parks and gardens, as well as woodland edges, scrub and hedgerows. The caterpillars are striking: large, hairy and yellow, with a black head and a ring of short black stripes on every segment. They often gather together in large numbers, eating the leaves of lime, birch, Hazel and willow trees, sometimes defoliating whole branches, but rarely causing serious damage. This moth pupates on the ground and overwinters as a chrysalis. Adult Buff-tips hold their wings against the body and look remarkably similar to twigs. They are mainly silvery-grey in colour, with a square-cut, buffy head, and a buff patch at the end of the wings which gives them their name.
